Two Little Flocks of Kids: Lions and Shepherds
By Talmage
“AND the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids.” 1 Kings 20: 27. With thirty-three kings roaring drunk in one tent this chapter opens. They were allies plotting to crush the Lord’s Israel. You know when a lion roars how a flock of kids will shiver and huddle together. You know that one lion can conquer a thousand kids. A great battle opens. The army of the Syrians, under General Benhadad, a vast multitude, as strong as lions. The army of Israel, under Ahab—few and weak, “like two little flocks of kids.” Who beat? The lions, of course. No: the kids. After the battle was over there lay dead on the field one hundred thousand Syrians; and twenty-seven thousand Syrians having fled along by a great wall, the wall topples and crushes them to death; so that what the swords could not do the bricks accomplished. So, in every issue, everything depends upon whether God is on the side of the lions or the kids. Which was the mightier weapon, great Goliath’s sword or little David’s sling? All David’s ammunition was five smooth stones from the brook, and he had five times more ammunition than was needed; for he only used one of these stones in bringing down Goliath, and he had four weapons left for any other kings that might attack him. So, in the great conflict between Christianity and its enemies, everything depends upon whether God is on the side of the shepherd boy or the giant.—Talmage.